Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play |
A little late-night glazing last night…
just one last kiln firing for this Saturday’s Holiday Home Show!
Mostly plates & platters coming out in fun cone six colors just in time for the big party!
This Saturday 12/16 at my place from 10:00am-6:00pm! C’mon by!!!
The holidays are quickly approaching and it’s time for another online sale!
A quick chance to grab up one of sixteen mugs!!!
The perfect gift for anyone on your holiday shopping list… even if that someone is YOU!!!
So the plan is much like the last online sale…
I’m posting photos of all sixteen mugs here on my blog. Both sides of each mug for comparison. Some are the same on both sides, while others have some dramatic flashing effects from the soda-kiln firing!
Then this Wednesday, December 6th at 7:00am CST, I will post the “official” Photo Album on my Facebook pottery page. Once posted on Facebook, it’s gonna be a first come, first served race to the end. The first person to post a “MINE” Comment on a photo in the Facebook Photo Album with “claim” their prize. The online sale will continue until midnight Friday, December 15th.
Feel free to post comments here on the mugs, but keep in mind that ONLY the first person to Comment on Facebook will get the mug! Use this blog posting as your “window shopping” opportunity before the store opens!
Each mug is priced at $50 which includes shipping & handling (within the contiguous US please.) And remember, that all mugs are handmade and one-of-a-kind. As well as food-safe, dishwasher-safe and microwave-safe… just not gravity-safe!
Click here to go to my pottery Facebook page. Be sure to click LIKE so you’re ready for the big sale this Wednesday!
Mug 1 – soda-fired stoneware
Mug 2 – soda-fired porcelain
Mug 3 – soda-fired stoneware
Mug 4 – cone 6 glazed stoneware
Mug 5 – soda-fired porcelain
Mug 6 – soda-fired stoneware
Mug 7 – soda-fired stoneware
Mug 8 – soda-fired stoneware
Mug 9 – soda-fired porcelain
Mug 10 – soda-fired stoneware
Mug 11 – soda-fired stoneware
Mug 12 – soda-fired stoneware
Mug 13 – cone 6 glazed stoneware
Mug 14 – soda-fired stoneware
Mug 15 – soda-fired stoneware
Mug 16 – soda-fired stoneware
A simple bowl, spiral bottom, repetitive stamping… and a pine cone for the fun of it!
Playing in the studio making a new batch of medium vases. Just a few thrown…
and then some stamping to make them a bit more exciting!
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And now they’re all stamped, under plastic and waiting to be trimmed & slip painted.
Seven Days & Seven Photos in black & white of your everyday life.
No explanation, no people. Challenge a friend to join everyday.
Day 6 of 7. I was challenged by my friends Barb Duro & Pam Walden.
Today I challenge Pamela Johnson-Howe.
And not all Thanksgiving desserts need to be pie, right?!
Crazy I know... but one of my culinary contributions today was a creamy homemade
vanilla cheesecake with plenty of gooey hot fudge to pour over the top.
And I’m just guessing now but… Breakfast of Champions tomorrow!!!
Concentric cone six circles. Some smooth, some stamped. All a beautiful shade of green!
And oh, but wait there’s more…
Sure there are larger soda-fired square vases… but adorable small ones too!
These have a different pattern on each side as well. Turn them, flip them, switch it up!
Perfect for a smaller bunch of flowers, or just a few stems.
Fun eryngium flowers… also known as blue sea thistle.
Some new textured & soda-fired vases ready for this weekend’s Holiday Home Show. Especially when each side of the vase has a different pattern. Get tired of one pattern, just flip it around to the other. Like two vases for the price of one!
Another fully stamped platter fresh out of the kiln. Cone six glazed with a new honey amber glaze that I recently mixed up. I’m loving how it is breaking & pooling all of the right places!
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Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
Lillstreet Studios ∙ 4401 North Ravenswood, Chicago, Illinois 60640 ∙ 773-307-8664 gary@firewhenreadypottery.com |